One of the big downsides of the Fuji X RAW files is that they are not native supported by current RAW converters. I mean, they do the job, but none of them do it flawlessly. The good news is that Lionel12 of the Phase One Crew writes in this forum (click here): “Let me be a bit on lim here, all you Fuji lowers – look for next Capture One release – real soon now.” Rumor says that Capture One will be the first software to 100% support the X-trans sensor characteristics.
And the second little good news is that Rico Pfirstinger (author of the X PRO 1 book) shared me two links with a preview to his books:
For the English sample version click here. To see the book at AmazonUS click here (47% price drop).
For the German sample version click here. To see the book and read customers reviews at AmazonDE click here.
via Fujirumors.
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Capture One isn’t going to convert Fuji raw files “flawlessly” either. Nothing can, because of the way the sensor is laid out. Exhaustive explanation here:
http://chromasoft.blogspot.com/2012/05/demosaicing-fuji-x-pro1-and-its-x-trans.html
Yawn
Great! So I don’t have to convert to TIFF in Lightroom or Photoshop!
Of course the real demosaicing is a big challenge for all software-developper!
DNG-File works quite good with Lightroom and Photoshop.
But the JPEG-OOC are great at all.
If several makers have problems with the demosaicing it does not say that C1-7 cannot get more out of it than all the others.
They get the very best out of my D800 files anyway – cnx & Adobe is 2-3 steps behind.